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When it comes to ***'s guards, Wang Dongxing's name cannot be ignored. Since 1947, he has been responsible for the safety of the first and other leaders, and he has been loyal to his duties, escorted the safety of the leaders, and built a solid backing for the revolutionary cause.
In the arrest of the "Gang of Four" operation, Wang Dongxing also made great contributions. Under his leadership, ** launched an arrest operation against the "Gang of Four", he personally commanded the encirclement and break-into of the residence of the "Gang of Four", and personally escorted ** and others to Qincheng Prison.
Comrade Wang Dongxing was in charge of interrogating and collecting evidence from the "Gang of Four" and its related personnel, and this action successfully put an end to the counterrevolutionary activities of the "Gang of Four" and laid a solid foundation for the party and the state to restore normal order.
He lived a quiet life in his later years, often read and write, actively participated in social activities, and went to the *** Memorial Hall every year to remember the chairman, and expressed his evaluation and memories of the chairman on some occasions.
He once said: "I am an old subordinate of the chairman, and my feelings for the chairman are extremely deep. On August 21, 2015, Comrade Wang Dongxing passed away in Beijing Hospital due to illness at the age of 99.
Although Wang Dongxing is the best guard, his life has been smooth. However, there is one person, who is also a *** guard, but because he followed ** closely and opposed ***'s comeback, he ended up with a bleak ending, he is Chi Qun, and he can't help but regret it.
Chi Qun, formerly known as Chi Baoyun, was born in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province in 1932. He used to be a security guard in ***, and later became the party secretary of Tsinghua University. He was one of the leaders of the rebels in *** and a supporter of the Gang of Four, and he actively criticized *** and other old cadres during the Cultural Revolution.
However, his life was full of legends and controversies. He has changed from an ordinary peasant child to a personal bodyguard by his side, from a loyal revolutionary fighter to an ultra-leftist in the Cultural Revolution, and from a high-ranking principal to a prison prisoner.
Chi Qun was born in a poor peasant family, and he had strong patriotic feelings and revolutionary ideals since he was a child. In 1949, he joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army and later joined the Chinese Communist Party.
He served as the deputy chief of the Propaganda Section of the Political Department in Unit 8341 (** Guard Regiment), and once sent a letter to *** and was appreciated by ***. Although he joined the Communist Party of China relatively late, Chi Qun still had courage, and in 1950 he performed bravely on the Korean battlefield and received many awards for meritorious service.
In 1954, he was elected to the ** Security Bureau, as the first guard, he has visited many foreign countries with ***, witnessed the major events of the Chinese revolution and diplomacy, he has a deep affection and admiration, and believes that *** is a great leader and mentor of the proletarian revolution.
However, in 1966, ** broke out, and Chi Qun, as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University, colluded with the "Gang of Four" at that time, followed the dispatch of **, supported the rebel student organization Red Guards, and formed an alliance with Xie Jingyi, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University.
They launched a vigorous campaign of criticism at Tsinghua University, branding Peng Peiyun, former party secretary of Tsinghua University, Chen Renbing, deputy secretary of the university, and others as "reactionary academic authorities" and "revisionists," and imprisoned them in a "cowshed."
Not only that, Chi Qun also led the Tsinghua Red Guards to various parts of Beijing to carry out activities such as "breaking the four olds", "fighting", and "linkage", causing serious social turmoil.
For Chi Qun and Xie Jingyi, after taking real power at Tsinghua University and Peking University, they did not feel at ease in running schools, but continued to participate in various political struggles during the Cultural Revolution.
In July 1970, the Science and Education Group was established to take over the work of the former Ministry of Education and the State Science and Technology Commission, and Chi Qun became the main leading member of the Science and Education Group. In the second half of 1971, Chi Qun was promoted to secretary of the Party Committee and director of the Revolutionary Committee of Tsinghua University, and at the same time was the deputy head of the science and education group, and later led the "Liang Xiao" writing group, which was established by the instructions of the first party, and was mainly responsible for writing political reports, editorials, speeches and other documents.
Chi Qun is active in the school, imitating the font of ***, imitating vividly, and his speeches are often unscripted and full of confidence. He launched many armed fights and linkages outside the school, and had fierce conflicts with other rebel groups.
By virtue of his position and influence, he reported and suggested some major political issues to ***, such as criticizing *** and other veteran cadres, supporting the line of the Gang of Four, and opposing capitalist roaders and revisionists.
However, the actions of Chi Qun and Xie Jingyi caused widespread dissatisfaction and opposition in society, and they were regarded as ultra-leftists in the Cultural Revolution, the ** and lackeys of the Gang of Four, and the culprits of sabotaging education and social order.
Chi Qun and Xie Jingyi were also criticized and resisted by some revolutionaries who were loyal to the ideology, such as Hui Xianjun, Tang Shaojie and other veteran cadres of Tsinghua University, as well as some military leaders, whose political status was also shaken and threatened.
Especially after the incident, trust and support for them have decreased. On September 9, 1976, ** passed away, which was a huge blow to Chi Qun and Xie Jingyi, who lost their most important support and realized that their future was full of uncertainty.
On October 6, 1976, under the leadership of *** and others, the ** Military Commission successfully carried out the Huairentang Incident and arrested **, Yao Wenyuan, Wang Hongwen and other members of the Gang of Four.
After his death, the Gang of Four was crushed, and Chi Qun was also imprisoned, identified as a fellow party member of the "Gang of Four", and sentenced to 18 years in prison and 4 years of deprivation of political rights.
In prison, he was subjected to severe interrogation and torture, suffering great physical and mental injuries, and he even tried to commit suicide, but failed.
Xie Jingyi and Chi Qun had the same fate, and they were expelled from the double party in 1983, and in 1983, they were sentenced to 18 years in prison and deprived of political rights for 4 years, and since then they have withdrawn from the Chinese political scene.
In 1983, Chi Qun was sent to a prison in Baoding, Hebei Province, to serve his sentence. There, he began to work with books and newspapers, experimented with writing articles and poems, and learned foreign languages such as English, French, and Japanese.
He reflects on and criticizes the past and has expectations for the future. In 1990, Chi Qun was released early due to his good performance. After being released from prison, he returned to Beijing and lived in a bungalow in the community.
He did not find a job, his income was limited, and he could only rely on financial support and relief from relatives and friends, and his life was difficult and lonely. In 1999, Chi Qun died of cancer in a Beijing hospital at the age of 67, and his ashes were scattered on a wasteland on the outskirts of Beijing without a funeral or testament.